口訣
See also: 口诀
Chinese
FWOTD – 22 December 2019
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils) | farewell; secrets (of an art) | ||
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trad. (口訣) | 口 | 訣 | |
simp. (口诀) | 口 | 诀 |
Pronunciation
Noun
口訣
- (religion) orally transmitted esoteric teachings in Buddhism and Taoism
- mnemonic chant; formula; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order, etc.)
- 總是學習呀學習,背口訣呀背口訣,都沒有出去玩的時間了。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2007, 關景峰, 《魔幻偵探所 3:薩爾茨堡吸血案》, page 10
- Zǒngshì xuéxí ya xuéxí, bèi kǒujué ya bèi kǒujué, dōu méiyǒu chūqù wán de shíjiān le. [Pinyin]
- It's always learning and memorizing mnemonics. There's never time to go out and play.
总是学习呀学习,背口诀呀背口诀,都没有出去玩的时间了。 [MSC, simp.]
- (historical) kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern Hangul script)
Descendants
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